References for Matthew 3:7

References for Matthew 3:8

z3:8 -
The word here and elsewhere translated 'repentance' denotes the moral judgment of the soul upon all the past, upon all that it is in the flesh before God. It includes, but goes further than, a change of mind.

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And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

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And already the axe is applied to f the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing g good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

References for Matthew 3:10

{3:10 -
I so translate, because 'laid to' implies actual execution: perhaps not meant so by the translators, but merely to be as literal as possible: but 'applied to' ('to,' pros: see ch. 21.1) is more the moral way of acting -- something more than 'set for' ('for,' eis) as in Luke 2.34; Phil.1.16; 1Thess.3.3.